Chapter 2

Vanessa waited for her father's sentence but he was patiently questioned the boy. She turned to her sister who was still present there and saw that she wasn't even bothered with it, she was lying on top if her horse as though she was sleeping.

"That girl."

"So Aillard what did you steal?"

"Your majesty please don't misunderstand me but I never stole." His words were so confident that it even caught the attention of the indifferent person sleeping on her horse. "I only took back what belonged to my beloved." He took out the gold locket which he carefully hid in his pocket and showed it to the king.

"Took back? Ha! You liar!" Shouted Vanessa who was now getting impatient.

"Then...who took it from you?" asked the person lying on the horse.

Aillard was now shivering, he didn't know whether the king will believe him. He was silent, he didn't utter a single word and just hanged his head.

"Well?" The king asked him in a gentle voice.

Aillard just pointed to one of the guards standing there. Vanessa was not convinced, she as the general knew her soldiers way too well to believe such lies.

"How dare y-"

Vanessa wasn't able to finish her speech when the guard suddenly fainted, the king too seemed astonished by what just happened he looked at the boy who was still kneeling in front of him hanging his head then turned to his other daughter who had already released an arrow at the guard.

Everyone present there was silent, not even a single whisper could be heard. All their attention was on the person who shot the guard, she turned to Aillard and smiled at him just before heading to the palace.

"Father how could you let her?"

"Vanessa you should head back too."

"No I won't, I won't until you let me end him!!"

"End him? I actually have something else in mind for

this boy."

Furious, Vanessa hastily made her way to the palace. Her horse was galloping as fast as it could not bothering to stop for the people who were in her way.

"Do you have a family boy?"

"My mother died when I was just a kid as for my father he died in battle, your majesty."

'Died in battle? Williams?'

"I'm impressed by your skill and talent, your confidence seemed to have caught her attention as well, but since one of our soldiers is dead because of you...shouldn't you pay me in some sort of way." The words of the king astounded everyone there. How could a mere commoner pay the king? Even if he worked an entire lifetime it would still not be rendered possible.

Aillard bend to the dirt and begged for the king's mercy. Basilius was known to be a benevolent and righteous king, his mercy was so much so that he would not punish one without any proper rhyme or reason.

Basilius looked upon that orphan with pity. "Your beloved is she among this crowd?" Aillard still in the dirt slightly nodded his head. " Return the locket to her and follow me."

His fiancée who was hiding in her hut, terrified, shut the wooden door and hid herself in the bedroom. No matter how hard Aillard knocked she ignored it.

Aillard found it inappropriate to keep the king waiting so he slid the locket from the bottom of the nearly broken door and left with the king without bidding his beloved farewell.

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"Your father seems to have brought home a mere commoner."

At the very mention of the commoner Vanessa slammed on the table hard as she stood up throwing her cup to the other side of the room.

"Vanessa sit down," Maya shouted. Her eyes were so dead serious that it scared half of the people in the room.

Knowing that it would be completely pointless to argue with her elder sister Vanessa sat down and stared at the window. That's when it hit her, Twyla! It was Twyla who shot one of her most competent warrior. She clenched her dress and gritted her teeth in anger, her plate flung to the other side of the table and just like that with a bang of the gigantic silver doors she was gone.

"What's with her?" asked Lillian who was extremely terrified at her sister's behaviour.

"Leave her be."

"But mother she'll murder her!" said Elris who knew how Vanessa could be at times.

Maya out of nowhere let out a burst of laughter, she was laughing so hard she even fell to the floor. "Murder? Who? Vanessa?"

"Laugh all you want but I'm not gonna miss this one," said Elris.

"Count me in," said Amanda pushing back her chair.

The girls searched for their two sisters in every room they could possibly think of but they were no where to be found. Then they heard screams coming from the training ground.

"It couldn't be!" Maya was extremely worried about thier wellbeing she needed to see them instantly, not bothering about the ones there she teleported herself straight to the training grounds where she found Vanessa struggling to free herself from Twyla who was merely doing anything but twisting her arm.

"Stop it both of you!!" Maya shouted pulling Twyla's hand away.

Twyla looked at Maya, she didn't say anything she just smiled at her and threw Vanessa to Maya's arms,"Next time try to not get on my nerves."

Just then the great gate flung open and in came rushing the other girls along with their mother.

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